Category: Marsh Creek Community
DEAR DAPHNE #16
Woof, Woof, Woof…..and wild tag wags!! Fellow 4-leggers, get your heads out of that delicious mud puddle and dig this: Some scientists just spent a bunch of money and subjected several hundred undergraduates to a…
Read More
Daytime Prowler
The beauty of Marsh Creek is the diversity of wildlife. You go out chasing photos of heron and ducks, and then this big boy jumps across the street in all his magnificence. Ya just got…
Read More
“Incoming!!”
We are probably familiar with the the hit TV series, MASH. Alan Alda, as Hawkeye Pierce, or maybe it was radar, would interrupt whatever the moment’s scene was, with a plaintive cry: “Incoming”. And that…
Read More
Covid-Clear Your Contractors
By Brian Nelson Assumptions can be dangerous things. We’ve all made them, relied on them, and often made poor decisions on them. Very recently, our household hired a team of contractors, well-known in Marsh Creek,…
Read More
Be Careful!
Be Careful! Level of Covid Community Transmission in St. Johns County, Florida: HIGH We hoped it was on its way to ending. It’s not. Covid, thanks to the Delta variant, is more transmissible than ever….
Read More
Observations – The Aging Parent
By Peggy Gachet Many of you probably know I lost both parents and a mother-in-law within a 9 month period. I have reflected a lot on what that loss means. I offer a reflection of…
Read More
Concert in the Park on Thursday
By Mohammed Mirzai Two upcoming dates to mark in your calendars. THIS WEEK: Thursday from 5:30pm to 7:30pm ZigZag Duo NEXT MONTH: Thursday 09/23/21 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm; Dan Mantini As always bring a chair…
Read More
A Love Story
By Robert Knowlton This pair a buck and young fawn, have been wandering around the Herons Nest Lane area for at least three weeks. The fawn clearly latched onto the buck, following him wherever…
Read More
Archetypal Transition
By Lily Bishop Editors Note: Lily Bishop is a 17 year old senior at Pedro Menendez High School For nearly six years nowI have been waiting to receiveWhat in due time will beMy magnum opus…
Read More
Happy Birthday, Spoonbill!
Marsh Creek’s Spoonbill Courier Born August 3, 2020, in the Year of Covid, now 1 YEAR OLD! Looking back, it has been a encouraging year of neighbors talking to neighbors, showcasing the talents of both…
Read More
Animal Control to the Rescue
St. Johns County Animal Control 904-209-6190 After leaving a voicemail for St. Johns County Animal Control, I imagined I had spoken into a Black Hole. The cynic in me whispered, “they’ll never respond”. An hour…
Read More
Spoonbill Neighbors Takes Shape
The first organizational meeting of the Spoonbill Neighbors was held on July 7th. So far there are 33 members. All residents of Marsh Creek are welcome to join any of our interest groups. Some already have…
Read More
Climate change could cost condo boards billions. They aren’t ready for it.
The Surfside, Fla., building collapse is just one example of a bigger looming problem Editor’s Note: The article below was published this past weekend in the Washington Post. By Evan McKenzie Evan McKenzie teaches in…
Read More
Tropical Storm Elsa
The 2021 Hurricane season officially began a month ago today, and Tropical Storm Elsa is already heading our way. NOAA’s storm forecast has Florida in its sights, on a bulls-eye trajectory that would, at this…
Read More
Even a 10-Minute Walk May Be Good for the Brain
Shared courtesy of The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/well/move/exercise-brain-memory-fitness-cognitive.html?smid=em-share Ten minutes of mild exercise can immediately alter how certain parts of the brain communicate and coordinate with one another and improve memory function. By Gretchen Reynolds…
Read More
DEAR DAPHNE #13
WOOF!! WAG!! (and another) WOOF!! WAG!! Guess what!! St. Augustine has been declared one of the “10 Best Dog-Friendly US Vacation Destinations for 2021”!! The list was just published on Chewy.com, a site many pet…
Read More
The Newest Nonagenarian
The title is awkward. We hardly ever hear it. And that’s in part because most people never live long enough to attain it. But Ron Estes, the former Marine Sergeant, CIA legend, and Marsh Creek…
Read More
